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HERself

272. Screen Smarts: Finding Digital Balance with Amy Blankson

HERself

Abby and Amy

Grow, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Parenting, Kids & Family, Opportunity, Honest, Real, Vulnerable, Purpose, Best Self, Self-improvement, Future, Comparison

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Here at HERself, we love wellness in all aspects of life whether it’s your sleep, relationships, parenting, self-care, even digital wellness. Today on the podcast, Amy Blankson is joining to help us discern what digital balance can look like in our everyday lives. Amy is the Co-founder of the Digital Wellness Institute and author of “The Future of Happiness” and she shares how to cultivate happiness and well-being in a hyperconnected world. We know there is lots of talk about our children and...

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I find that a lot of women tend to fall into the trap of apps that theoretically help make us

0:07.5

better, more efficient, more empowered, and yet actually pull us away from the very things that we

0:13.6

want it to be doing because they get addictive. And so coming back to that route and constantly

0:19.8

rechecking maybe every couple of weeks, every

0:22.6

couple of months, just to say, am I on track? My time is precious. My life is precious. What am I doing

0:28.1

with it? And I'm my on track. I'm Amy. And I'm Abby.

0:39.3

And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

0:43.3

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

0:46.3

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose.

0:52.3

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into

0:55.5

the challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets an opportunity to choose

1:01.1

what life looks like for herself. Today on the podcast, we're really excited to have Amy Blinksen, who is the co-founder of the Digital

1:17.0

Wellness Institute and the best-selling author of The Future of Happiness.

1:22.6

Abby and I, during this interview, learned so much about digital wellness, and that really

1:27.4

includes what

1:28.5

boundaries do we use with our phones? What does it look like to be in relationship with someone and

1:35.0

make sure that we're not ignoring them for our phone? We really wanted this episode to focus on

1:41.2

adults because I think it's really easy to talk about kids technology time.

1:46.2

But when we have to look ourselves in the mirror and make sure that we are proud of the way that we're handling digital wellness, I think it's just a really great episode to reflect on.

1:59.0

And when we were creating it, we're like, we're not going to blame,

2:01.9

we're not going to shame, we're not going to make it negative. I think it's a really inviting

2:06.6

episode to learn how to make sure you're balancing your technology. So here is Amy Blinksson.

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